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Sydney Hegele

@sydhegele.bsky.social
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Author of The Pump (2021) Bird Suit (2024) Bad Kids (2026) @invisibooks.bsky.social

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Michael DeForge @michaeldeforge.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A good illustration of petty Zionist grievances. The Giller boycott ended, so instead of complaining about that, Marsha Lederman's upset that --- what, people aren't celebrating the Giller Prize sufficiently? How much veneration does it need www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: A happy ending for the Giller Prize – or is it?
Canada’s most prestigious literary award has found a new donor. Will it silence the critics?
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Christina Cooke @christinajcooke.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
them: The beavers are NOT okay. me: SAY LESS 📚 🏃🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️💨 anything by @sydhegele.bsky.social is bound to be weird-as-fuck—so basically, an immediate “yes”
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sasha @sashinthedark.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
finished the pump by Sydney Hegele and oh my god it is incredible. the way all the stories are woven together is so so so cool, and I love their writing style. the last two stories especially I loved, but honestly every story in there was just really good.
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Dr Mitten @mittencrab.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The Pump by Sydney Hegele Small town horror. The beavers are NOT okay. Love the way this tangled together various short stories. Also really loved how queer so much of it was!
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Had convos w/ multiple people in the past 4 days who DID NOT KNOW that 1. AI doesn't "think" or know anything; it's a probability machine 2. It was created using massive amounts of work stolen from actual people including me 3. The environmental costs are astronomical Spread the word, every time!
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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 08/05/2026
I have chronic pain issues that make it hard to write or do anything at all, and I have disabilities that compound on those issues too, and I write all the goddamn time without using AI because I'm not also a fucking loser.
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Brittni Brinn @brittnibrinn.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Happy Canadian Independent Bookstore Day! Always grateful for the wide selection and kind community at Bookmark Halifax, @tridenthalifax.bsky.social , and @kingsbookstore.bsky.social . I'm especially excited to have a physical copy of Carnalis by @tiffmorris.bsky.social to add to my shelf! #CIBD2026
Books, stickers, and bookmarks fanned out on a wooden surface, including Bird Suit by Sydney Hegele, Dinosaurs by Michael J Benton, Carnalis by Tiffany Morris, and The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells.
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c is for creepy @cforcreepy.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
A very merry Independent Bookstore Day to all who celebrate! Hello from Iron Dog Books in Vancouver 👋
A stack of books on a greyish couch. How to Survive Camping by Bonnie Quinn, Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw, Dracula by Bram Stoker, I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Empty Theatre by Jac Jemc, Super Castle Fun Park by Daniel Zomparelli, A Song For a New Day by Sarah Pinsker, Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin, The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances by Glenn Dixon, Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry, Bird Suit by Sydney Hegele, How to Survive a Horror Story by Mallory Arnold
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Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
JOIN The Augur Bookshelf’s virtual book club meeting on April 27th! 📚 We'll be reading “Bird Suit” by @sydhegele.bsky.social! A queer, fictional story about a birdwoman. 🐦🍃 CW: death, child abuse, toxic relationship, domestic abuse, pedophilia, physical abuse, sexual assault, mental illness, gore
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Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Our next book club read is “Bird Suit” by @sydhegele.bsky.social! 🐦🌿 RSVP OR subscribe to our magazine to get a code for 10% off this and other spring titles 👉 bakkaphoenixbooks.com/augur-book-c... 🎟️ Grab a FREE ticket now! (Seats are limited!): Click the link in bio! Or click below! ⬇️
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The Augur Bookshelf
Augur’s sci-fi, fantasy, and speculative book club “The Augur Bookshelf" meets on the fourth Monday of every month!
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Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Our full TBR👇 March - “The Empire” by Susanna Fournier April - “Bird Suit” by @sydhegele.bsky.social May - “A Palace Near the Wind” by @aijiang.bsky.social June - “Green Fuse Burning” by @tiffmorris.bsky.social July - “The Dragonfly Gambit” by @thesuiway.bsky.social & more 👇
A plain white background. At the top of the image reads: “TBR” in purple text, and below it reads: “What we’ll read” in blue text. Underneath are book covers and the month they’ll be read in: March - “The Empire” by Susanna Fournier. April - “Bird Suit” by Sydney Hegele. May - “A Palace Near the Wind” by Ai Jiang.  June - “Green Fuse Burning” by Tiffany Morris. July - “The Dragonfly Gambit” by A.D. Sui.  August - “Chrysalis” by Anuja Varghese. September - “Split Tooth” by Tanya Tagaq. October - “Gods of Jade & Shadow” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. November - “Blackheart Man” by Nalo Hopkinson. December - “Moon of the Crusted Snow” by Waubgeshig Rice. Below it reads: “Small towns, glorious fantasies, intimate relationships, space opera drama, and heart-wrenching horror—the Augur Bookshelf will explore it all this year.” At the bottom of the image reads: “Join the Book Club - Link in Bio” in black text with a black border around it.
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Danila Botha @danilabotha.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
I had so much fun making this list of amazing short story writers and novelists for @49thshelf.bsky.social It includes @zoewhittall.bsky.social @mbatiz.bsky.social Chava Rosenfarb Val Bah @sydhegele.bsky.social and more 💗💗📚 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/10...
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Incredible Novels by Short Fiction Writers · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
A recommended reading list by the author of A Place for People Like Us (Guernica Editions). 
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JUNCTION READS @junctionreads.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
New book reviews up. @sydhegele.bsky.social and @bokchoygurltjong.bsky.social I only write reviews for books that I love so don't judge me for my gushy five stars! I'll give 'em out all day if I want to!!! @invisibooks.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social junctionreads.ca/junction-wri...
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Book Reviews
For reviews of Junction Reads’ titles, check out the Homepage. When the beauty of the entire world exists inside the writing we share, the books we read, and that to write, and to read, we ca…
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Michael DeForge @michaeldeforge.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
The 5th protester from the 2023 Gillers has *finally* had her charges dropped. The Gillers directly lobbied police to charge those protesters, and the production team behind the CBC broadcast helped police carry out the arrests. Enjoy the longlist celebrations canlitresponds.ca/boycott-giller
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CanLit Responds
Over 20 authors pull work from the 2024 Giller Prize
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Sunburst Award @sunburstaward.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
📣✨The Sunburst Award Society is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Award. We are delighted that the five-book shortlist highlights the scope and stellar quality of contemporary Canadian literature of the fantastic published in 2024. www.sunburstaward.org/node/144
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The Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic 
The Sunburst Award  2025 Shortlist:
Barnet, Frankie — Mood Swings (McClelland & Stewart)
Hegele, Sydney — Bird Suit (Invisible Publishing) 
Hopkinson, Nalo — Blackheart Man (Simon & Schuster)
Lubrin, Canisia — Code Noir (Alfred A. Knopf Canada)  
Smith, Clayton B. — A Seal of Salvage (Breakwater Books)
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Sydney Hegele @sydhegele.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
A massive thank you to Natalee Caple, Geoff Ryman, and Lorina Stephens for selecting BIRD SUIT (@invisibooks 2024) as one of five books on the shortlist for the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. Grateful to be alongside Canisia, Nalo, Clayton, and Frankie ❤️
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Nalo Hopkinson - Blackheart Man @nalohopkinson.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Blackheart Man has moved from the Sunburst Award longlist to the shortlist! Congratulations to my fellow authors on the list: Frankie Barnet, Sydney Hegele, Canisia Lubrin & Clayton B. Smith locusmag.com/2025/07/2025...
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2025 Sunburst Award Shortlist
The shortlist for the 2025 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic was announced on June 21, 2025. Mood Swings, Frankie Barnet (McClelland & Stewart) Bird Suit, Sy…
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Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer @princejvstin.com · 21/07/2025
congrats to @nalohop.bsky.social @sydhegele.bsky.social and all the finalists!
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Gory Bledalot 🇨🇦 @coreyredekop.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Five books have been shortlisted for the 2025 Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic! Huge congratulations to Nalo Hopkinson @nalohop.bsky.social, Frankie Barnet, Sydney Hegele @sydhegele.bsky.social, Canisia Lubrin, & Clayton B. Smith! quillandquire.com/omni/five-bo... #booksky ❤️📚
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Five books shortlisted for 2025 Sunburst Award - Quill and Quire
The winner of the $3,000 prize for literature of the fantastic will be named in the fall.
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Brennan Bestwick @yrfrenbren.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Andrea Gibson forever ❤️ #poetry
PLACE
Love is the place 
where the wounded 
started calling the wounds 
on their knees strawberries.
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Paul Vermeersch @paulvermeersch.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
NEW PAINTING! "Real Location" 22" x 30", acrylic, graphite, and coloured pencils on paper.
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Linda Svendsen (she/her) @lindasvendsen.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
www.thestar.com/opinion/my-f... Thank you Andrea Robin Skinner and siblings for your candour.Thank you @debdundas.bsky.social and the Star team for your guidance. And @sydhegele.bsky.social let’s talk
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My fiction left Alice Munro shaking. Her daughter’s reality did the same to me
I wasn't able to confront my abusers — until now.
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Deborah Dundas @debdundas.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Such a powerful story, Sydney. Thank you for writing it. Words have such power.
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Sydney Hegele @sydhegele.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
For the Star, @lindasvendsen.bsky.social and I share pieces one year after Andrea Skinner's editorial that detailed her childhood sexual abuse at the hands of her stepfather, and revealed that her mother, Alice Munro, stayed with him. Ed. by @debdundas.bsky.social. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Andrea Skinner’s story helped me transform shame into solidarity
I have witnessed the power of storytelling to save lives
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Linda Svendsen (she/her) @lindasvendsen.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Thank you, Sydney and Andrea www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Andrea Skinner’s story helped me transform shame into solidarity
I have witnessed the power of storytelling to save lives
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Linda Svendsen (she/her) @lindasvendsen.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
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What is happening in Gaza is an injury to our collective conscience. We must be allowed to speak out
Silence means we can neither confront nor mourn what is going on.
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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Mahmoud Khalil is free.
a still of mahmoud khalil as he exited ice detention. he’s wearing a long sleeve khaki button up and a white and black keffiyeh wrapped around his neck. he’s got a big smile on his face and his fist raise in the air, defiant and proud.
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Sunburst Award @sunburstaward.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
✨The Sunburst Society is pleased to announce the longlist for the 2025 Award. We are delighted that the longlist highlights the diversity, quality, and scope of contemporary Canadian literature of the fantastic published in 2024. www.sunburstaward.org
The Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature 2025 Longlist Barnet, Frankie Mood Swings (McCleland& & Stewart) Coile, Mason - William (G.P. Putnam's Sons) Ghan, Ben Berman The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits (Buckrider Books) Hegele, Sydney- Bird Suit (Invisible Publishing) Hopkinson, Nalo Blackheart Man (Simon & Schuster) Lubrin, Canisia Code Noir (Alfred A. Knopf Canada) Oliveira, Anthony Dayspring (Strange Light) O'Neill, Heather The Capital of Dreams (HarperCollins) Sawyer, Robert The Downloaded (Shadowpaw Press) Smith, Clayton B. Seal of Salvage (Breakwater Books)'
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Gory Bledalot 🇨🇦 @coreyredekop.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
The Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is back! Read the longlist for the 2025 award! Then read the books! Big congrats to @nalohop.bsky.social, @robertjsawyer.com, and the rest of the nominees! 💙📚 #booksky #sunburstaward #canlit
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Laura Keeney || ثُرَيَّا @laurakeeney.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Seconded. Kristin has turned me on to some phenomenal books by authors I hadn’t yet read (Sydney Hegele, Thomas Olde Heuvelt, @afsulli.bsky.social, among others.) A trip into the city isn’t complete without stopping in for coffee, a convo, and copping some fun new reads. Little Ghosts is the best.📚💙
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Event Magazine @eventmags.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Now on the EVENT website: Michelle Hardy reviews We Are Already Ghosts by Kit Dobson and Bird Suit by Sydney Hegele. This review was originally published in the print issue of EVENT 53/3 Read it here: www.eventmagazine.ca/2025/05/mich...
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Michelle Hardy Reviews Novels from Kit Dobson and Sydney Hegele for EVENT 53/3 - EVENT
For EVENT 53/2, Avery Qurashi reviews two works of fiction from RM Vaughan and an anthology of stories edited by Russell Smith.
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Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
At TCAF, I had the opportunity at my event for a public thank you to Toronto Writers Against the War on Gaza, & the No Arms in the Arts campaign. These artists work hard, at no small expense to themselves, to defend the lives of Palestinians, and to insist that arts funding is not also blood money.
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Erewhon Books @erewhonbooks.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
We are floored in the best way: AMPLITUDES: An Anthology of Queer & Trans Futurity is a USA Today Bestselling book! We are THRILLED for @leemandelo.bsky.social, @dianapho.bsky.social, and all of our amazing contributors, and so happy to see queer & trans stories supported now more than ever! 💜
We are floored in the best way: AMPLITUDES: An Anthology of Queer & Trans Futurity is a USA Today Bestselling book! We are THRILLED for @dianapho.bsky.social, @leemandelo.bsky.social, and all of our amazing contributors, and so happy to see queer &trans art supported now more than ever!
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Micah @rincewind.run · 11/06/2025
"oh, this time of great suffering will produce great art" no it fucking won't, it'll mean artists spend all their creative energy on "how do I pay for food this week"
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Heather J. Witchy🧙 Wood @rollwithheather.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Tuesday May 27, 6pm at the Caledonian (856 College, Toronto): Drunk Fiction with @avivarubin-author.bsky.social @sydhegele.bsky.social Marianne Miller, Dennis Bolen. Hosted by @emilyweedon.bsky.social #CanLit emilyweedon.com/drunk-fiction
Image of a wine glass with red wine in it. Hosted by Emily Weedon, Drunk Fiction Tue May 27, 6pm. 4 book covers: White, Bird Suit, We Were the Bullfighters, Amaranthine Chevrolet
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Heartlines Spec @heartlines-spec.com · 22/04/2025
Fresh off the press! Our first review column! Coup de Coeur: Recent Canadian spec-fic reads by Lulu Vidal, includes Ordinary Wonder Tales by Emily Urquhart, Northern Nights ed. Michael Kelly and Bird Suit by Sydney Hegele www.heartlines-spec.com/coup-de-coeu...
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Coup de Coeur:
Coup de Coeur: Recent Canadian spec-fic reads by Lulu Vidal
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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 20/03/2025
Adding my voice to the chorus of "You know what, fuck book pirates AND the mediocre asshat techbros who profit off stolen material that they know is stolen because they don't give a shit about other human beings" :) May they all fall into an open manhole today :)
libgen search showing premee mohamed, 13 results, including top 3 (The Butcher of the Forest, The Siege of Burning Grass, and The Apple-Tree Throne)
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
"E.G.N. Lafleur leads poetry devotees on an intimate pilgrimage through the wet cold of Ontario winter, where city becomes wilderness, memory becomes revelation, and to love is to feast in due season. A truly impressive debut." - Sydney Hegele (Bird Suit & The Pump) @egnlafleur.bsky.social
The Magi Come To Toronto
E.G.N. Lafleur
cover: A section of Opus Anglicanum (Chasuble), a late 15th century British textile that depicts angels in gold on a background of red. The title and author's name are written over the image in all caps serif in white. A white border surrounds.

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Howland Literary @howlandlit.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
We're here! Learn more about the agents at Howland Literary here, and keep an eye out for our MSWLs in the next few weeks ✨ howlandliterary.com
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Howland Literary
REPRESENTING AWARD-WINNING FICTION, NON-FICTION, YA LITERATURE, AND CHILDREN'S BOOKS.
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Richard Mirabella 🐝 @rpmirabella.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
I got to write a little thing about a book I love. BIRD SUIT by Sydney Hegele.
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
The Magi Come to Toronto drapes my hometown in winter and calls us in to warm up. Lafleur's take on queer love in Toronto is soft and deliberate, fierce and with god. @egnlafleur.bsky.social
E.G.N. Lafleur
The Magi Come To Toronto

A section of Opus Anglicanum (Chasuble), a late 15th century British textile that depicts angels in gold on a background of red. The title and author's name are written over the image in all caps serif in white. A white border surrounds.

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"E.G.N. Lafleur leads poetry devotees on an intimate pilgrimage through the wet cold of Ontario winter, where city becomes wilderness, memory becomes revelation, and to love is to feast in due season. A truly impressive debut."
Sydney Hegele

available in print or eBook
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Kate Gies @kategies.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
What do all of these beautiful Canadian books have in common? They're all on a list I wrote for the 49th Shelf! What kind of list? Read here to find out: 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/02...
Books on a desk:
Chrysalis by Anuja Vargese, Why I was Late by Charlie Petch, Drolleries by Cassidy McFadzean, The Whole Singing Ocean by Jessica Moore, The Pump by Sydney Hegele, Just Pervs by Jess Taylor, Washes, Prays by Noor Naga, No Credit River by Zoe WhittalI,In Between Days by Teva Harrison
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Sydney Hegele @sydhegele.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
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Sydney Hegele @sydhegele.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Thrilled to (finally!) share that I have a poem in the forthcoming anthology SPEECH DRIES HERE ON THE TONGUE: POETRY ON ENVIRONMENTAL COLLAPSE AND MENTAL HEALTH, edited by Holly Ghadery, Rasiqra Revulva and Amanda Shankland and out with Porcupine's Quill in Spring of this year. 🌾❤️
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Speech Dries Here on the Tongue - Preorder
Speech Dries Here on the Tongue is an anthology of poetry by Canadian authors exploring the relationship between environmental collapse and mental health. This threat of environmental collapse has bro...
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Peter Counter, Nightmare Host @peterbcounter.com · 29/01/2025
Writing advice that should be more popular than it is: - Take workshops taught by writers in your community - Go to book launches and readings in your community - Proactively practice craft by reading about it, applying what you read, and discussing it in your community
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Jane Shi | 皮爬高 echolalia echolalia is out now @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
www.32auctions.com/organization... #ConnectingGaza art auction!
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Funds for E-Sims for Gaza
Silent auction 'Funds for E-Sims for Gaza' hosted online at 32auctions.
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